Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... fall into the hands of an enemy , would suffer ten times more than the cost of all the forts necessary to secure them against such disaster . But such reverses would also be great calamities to the nation , crippling its war power ...
... fall into the hands of an enemy , would suffer ten times more than the cost of all the forts necessary to secure them against such disaster . But such reverses would also be great calamities to the nation , crippling its war power ...
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... Fall River Harbor , Massachusetts . - The removal during the fiscal year of 12,857 cubic yards of material , including bowl- ders of various sizes , completed the projected improvement at this har- bor . The channel is now 160 feet wide ...
... Fall River Harbor , Massachusetts . - The removal during the fiscal year of 12,857 cubic yards of material , including bowl- ders of various sizes , completed the projected improvement at this har- bor . The channel is now 160 feet wide ...
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... Falls . The rectification of the river between Hartford and Enfield Falls will form an essential part of this improvement , and an appropriation of $ 100,000 for commencing it is recommended by the officer in charge . The improvement of ...
... Falls . The rectification of the river between Hartford and Enfield Falls will form an essential part of this improvement , and an appropriation of $ 100,000 for commencing it is recommended by the officer in charge . The improvement of ...
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... fall of 1875 for want of funds . A channel had then been made along the north and east side of Periwig Island , 125 feet in width and 6 feet depth of water at low tide . Congress , at its last session , appropriated $ 10,000 for ...
... fall of 1875 for want of funds . A channel had then been made along the north and east side of Periwig Island , 125 feet in width and 6 feet depth of water at low tide . Congress , at its last session , appropriated $ 10,000 for ...
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... FALLS OF SAINT ANTHONY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ABOVE THE FALLS . Officer in charge , Maj . F. U. Farquhar ... fall of 1876 and in June , 1877 , it leaves 1,207 cubic yards to be removed the present season , and in ad- dition ...
... FALLS OF SAINT ANTHONY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ABOVE THE FALLS . Officer in charge , Maj . F. U. Farquhar ... fall of 1876 and in June , 1877 , it leaves 1,207 cubic yards to be removed the present season , and in ad- dition ...
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Page 163 - That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.
Page 163 - ... shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 348 - It will be observed that the standing on each subject is multiplied by the weight given that subject and the product placed in the third column, and the sum of these products, divided by the sum of the weights, gives the general average standing.
Page 174 - Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract^ and for the prompt payment of all liabilities incurred in the prosecution thereof...
Page 176 - War a relinquishment of all claim to the deferred payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars provided by the hereinbefore recited act to be paid when a channel twentyfour feet in depth and not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width shall have been maintained...
Page 167 - ... forage in kind may be furnished to the officers of the Army by the Quartermaster's Department, only for horses owned and actually kept by such officers in the performance of their official military duties when on duty with troops in the field or at such military posts west of the Mississippi River...
Page 163 - ... security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and, to secure that object, the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the...
Page 178 - For geographical surveys of the territory of the United States west of the one hundredth meridian...
Page 670 - N i. IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MOUTHS OF THE ILLINOIS AND OHIO RIVERS. BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI RIVERS. The...
Page iii - Congress. A consideration of actual methods and expenses of all surveys of a scientific character under the War and Interior Departments and the surveys of the Land Office, was referred at the last session of Congress (in the act providing for the sundry civil expenses of the government, approved June 20, 1878) to the National Academy of Sciences, with directions to report to Congress a plan for surveying and mapping the Territories of the United States on such general system as will secure the best...